The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-01-27

not yet divided uu among the gold beca lse
they are nht-teady to be divi led. Wait IN
til all the doors that Livingstone openei in
Afri a shall be entered, and Bishop TAYLOR
with his band of self-sunporting missionaries
have done their work, and the AShantees and
S negamb a IS shall know Christ as we'll as
YOU know Him, and there shall be on the
banks of the Nile and the Niger a higher
civilization than is now to be found
on the banks of the Hudson, then
Christ will divide up that continent
among his friends. Wait until China which
is half as large as all Europe, shall have de-
velOpe1 her capacities for rice, AMI tea, aud
sugar, among iibles; and her amethyst and
sapphire, and topaz, and opal, and Jasper,
AMI porphyry, among precious stones; and
her rosewood, and ebony, and camphor, and
varnish trees among precious woods ant
turned up from her depths half dozen Penn
sylvanias of coal and iron, and twenty Me-
vada' of silver, and fifty CALIFORNIA; of gold,
and her five hundred million Of people shall
be evangelical; then the Lord will divide it
up among the good.
If my tevt be not deception, but the
eternal truth, then the time is coming when
all the farms will be owned by Chri ,tian
farmers, and all the commerce controlled
by Christian merchants, and all the authority
held by Christian officials and all the ships
commanded by Christian captains, aud all
the universities under the instruction Of
Christian professors Christian kings, Chris
tian presidents, Christian governors, Chris
tian mayors, Christian common council.
Yet what securing outl what an upturn-
ing! what demolition! what a resurrection
must preceie this new apportionmentl
Id 40 unlecrate the enc ny. julius Z esar
got his greatest victories by fully estimat ng
ths vastnes5 of his foes AMI prepared his men
for their greatest triu nph by saying: "To~
X inr I1tho Ia hnra tytth irttr
thousand horses, one hundre thousand sklr~
mishers, and tlree hundred elephants
do not underrate the vast forces of Sin
and Death; bat do you know who COM
mands us' Jehovah -jireh. And the re-
serve corps behind us are all the armies
of hea' and earth, with hurricane an
thunderbOlt. The good work of the worlds
redenp lon is going on every minute. Never
so many splen lid men an glorious wo neu
on the side Of right to-day. Ne yer 50 many
gooi people as Vow. DlogeneS has been
SPOKEN of as Nse mon because h9 went
with lantern at MONDAY, saying he was
lcoking for an honest man. Ii h3 had
turned his lantern toward himself he might
have discovered crank Honest men by tie
ten thousand Through the International
Series of SInday-school lessons the
next generation all through Chri>tend m are
going t be wiser than any gen ration s.n Q
the world stood. The kingdom is coming
God can do it, No housewife with a chamOls
cloth ever rolished silver teaspoon with
more ease t3an Christ will rub OFF from this
world the tarnish and brighten it up till it
glows like heaven, and then the glorious ap-
poHtionment, for my to t is enforced by
score Of other tex,s, when it says of Chrls5
"He shall divide the spoil with the strong"
But, you say, that is ple lSant to think
Of for Others but before that time | sha |
have passed up into another existence, and
4, Ill &l..&
port )inment." All, you have only driven me
to the other more exciting and transporting
consideration and that is that Christ is 60
ing to divide uD heaven in the anne way.
There are ol estates in the celestial world
that have been in the possession of
the inhabitants for thousands of years.
and and they they shall M renan fa;i sntnSys as thy
in heaven I'll ed with whole generations of
kindred, and they shall ne~er be driven out.
Many of tn victJrs from earth have already
got their palaces, aui they are pointei ouj
to those newly arrived Soon after our get
ting there we will ask to be shown the Apos-
toiic residences, and ask where does Paul
live, and John, an1 shown the patriarchat
residences. aud shall say: Where does
Abraham live. or Jacob" and shown the
martyr residences and say: Where does
John Hu.s live, and Ridley!' We will want
to see the boulevardS where the chario, S
of con1uerors roll. l will want to Sc
the garden where the princes walk. We
will want to see Music Row, where Handel,
and Haydn, and Mozart, and Charles Wes-
ley, and Tcomas Ha tings, and Bradbury
have their )n!eS, out OF their win lows, ever
AMI anon, rolling some snatch Of an ear; hly
oratorio or hymn transported with the COM
poser. We will want to see Revival Ter ace,
where Whiteaeld, and Nettleton, AMI Payson
aid Rowland Hill, and Charles Finney, and
other giants OF soul-reaping are resting from
their almost supernatural abors, their doors
thronged with converts just arrived, coming
to rsport themselves.
But brilliant as the sunset AMI like the
leaves for number are tie celestial homes
| yet to be AWARDED, when Christ to you, and
| millions of Others shall divide the SPOIL
| What do you want there2 You shall have 1T
| An orchaid' There it is; twelve manner OF
fruits, and fruit every month. Do you wan
river scenery! Take your choice on The
banks OF the river, in longer, wider, dec e
roll than Danube, or Amazon, or Mi SIS
sipp if mingled in one, and emptying int
the sea of glass, mingled with tire. ID
you want your kindred back again
| Go out and meet your father and motha
without the staff or the stoo :, and your chill
| drea in dance of INN ortal glee. Do yo,
want a throne' Select it from the million
bur nj he'll elevations. Do you want a crown
PICK it out of that mountain of diamond ,c
co, onets. Do you want your old churci
! friends of earth around you! Begin to hun
a. old revival tune and they will flock from
ali quarters to revel with yoa in sacrad remi
sscence. All the earth for those who a
ere on earth at the time of continental an
/ planetary d stribution, and all the heas en-
for those who are there.
That heavenly distribution of SPOTS will b
O surprl lse to many. Here enters haven tn
soul or a man who took up great deal c
room in the church on earth but sarrii e
little, and among his good works seltishne:
was evident. He lust crowds through th
shining gate but it's very tight III eze, S
that the door-keeper has to pull hard to sc
him in, and this man expects half of heave
for his share of trophies, ard he woull lik
monopoly Of all its splendOr and
purchase lots in the suburbs SO that L
could get advantage of the growth
the city. Well, little bv little grace {
heart, Just enough to get him through, an
to him is given Sc ond-hand crown whlc
one of the saints wore ut the start, but e.
changed for bri liter one as he went c
from glory to glory. And he is put in an o
house on e occupied by an angel who W;
hurled out of Heaven at the time of Satan
/ rebellion.
Right after him comes soul that makes
great stir among the celestialS, and I'll
angels rush to the scene each bringing to h
dazzling coronet. Who is she! Over wht
realm on earth was she queen' In what grei
| Dusseldorf festival was she the cantatric
| Neither She was an invalid who never le
her room for twenty Years: but she WI
strong in prayer, and she prayed drwn 7
vival after revival, and rentecost after re
tecoso, unon the churches, and with b
pale hands she knit many a mitten
tippet for the poor, and with b
contrivances she added joy to many.
holiday festival, and now with those th
hand, so strong for kindness, and with tho
white lips so strong for supplication she b
won coronation. and Environment and 1ut
lee. AMI Christ says to the angels WI
have brought each crown for the glorii'
invalid: No, net these; they are nos gol
enough. 9It in the jewe.ed vase at Il
right hand side of my throne there Is oI
that have been preparing Tor her many
! year, AMI for her every pa Z have set I
amethyst, AMI for her every good deed
have set pearl Fetch it now ani full
the promise gave her long ago in the g
room; BE thou faithful unto death, and
|, will give thee crown
But notice that there is only one being j
the universe who can and VIII distribute q
trophies of earth and helven Ii Is the
vine Warrior, the Com nand >r-in-ChIer
the centIri s. the champion of age, the un
verSal conqueror, the Son of God, Jesus. "
will take the spoils from HIS hand, or ne
: taze tine n at all Have HIS friendship al
you NAV DEFY all time and all ete
. nifty, but without it you are pa